This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

AnnyHallsal · 01-08-2013 01:39PM

Recently read Everyone Loves our Town: A History of Grungea and The Dice Man. The latter was AWFUL. Now Reading Zachary Leader's Life of Kingsley Amis. Much better.

Callan57 · 01-08-2013 02:15PM

Finished The Tiger's Wife - an engrossing & enthralling read. Loved it

Now it's on to Brodeck's Report by Philippe Claudel

eire4 · 01-08-2013 05:22PM

Just finished a re read of Tim Pat Coogan's biography of Michael Collins. What a great book. Greatest Irishman of the 20th century for me.

Meathlass · 02-08-2013 03:24PM

Starting Khalid Hosseni 'And the mountain echoed'

Hated Kite Runner but loved A thousand splendid suns so I'm 50/50 on my expectations.

Monkeybonkers · 03-08-2013 03:21PM

The Man Who Would be King by Rudyard Kipling

Swiper the fox · 03-08-2013 04:07PM

I feel like I've wasted the past few weeks book wise by reading Iain Banks two supposed classics, Wasp Factory was fairly rubbish and the Crow road was about 200 pages too long and frequently boring and confusing.
I'm now looking forward to The Testament of Mary, The Spinning Heart, Blood Horses and Pulphead. All are on my locker now, wife just finished the spinning heart and cannot praise it highly enough.

Aenaes · 04-08-2013 11:37PM

So, I finished A Town Like Alice. Enjoyed it, can see why it's regarded as a very book. Only criticism is maybe it's a little too "neat".

Now I'm on Naked Lunch by William Burroughs. It started weird and I'm thinking it's only gonna get weirder.

SarahBM · 05-08-2013 10:50AM

Ok, I havent picked up the Count of MC in a few days. I wanted something light and short so I picked up an Eoin Colfer book sitting in the "To Read" pile. I have never read Artemis Fowel or any of his other books, but I am very much liking his style so far.

Callan57 · 05-08-2013 10:56AM

Finished Brodeck's Report by Philippe Claudel at the weekend - this is a truly remarkable book & one I don't think I will ever forget reading. It is so amazing after reading it I purchased my own Kindle copy as the book I read was a library copy.

Right now I'm reading Desert by J M G Le Clézio

SarahBM · 05-08-2013 11:13AM

A thing that would kind of annoy me about the kindle is that when you have read a brilliant book, you cannot really share it with someone. you cant say "Oh, I read this amazing book, I'll give it to you/lend it to you!" - you have to tell them go away and get it them selves.

Monkeybonkers · 05-08-2013 11:37AM

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Can you fdad me?

Tom Joad · 05-08-2013 10:02PM

Was struggling to pick a next book so looked back at the last few pages here and got stuck into the Count of Monte Cristo - only 100 pages in but can already see it being one of my favourite books ever. Absolutely loving it - so well written and a great story set in an amazing time in history.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 06-08-2013 01:11AM

About half way through "Remembering Babylon by David Malouf.

It's about an English boy (maybe a bit simple) who somehow ends up overboard off the coast of Australia, back when they were first settling it. He's found washed up on a beach by some natives who reluctantly let him into their tribe. Then he shows up in the middle of a settlement town. The people there know he's white but he has very little English and their fear of "the blacks" make them suspicious of him and even of each other.

I'm really enjoying it so far.

midgetflynn · 06-08-2013 01:33AM

I finished Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs this week. I started My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster today

Cokeistan · 06-08-2013 01:50AM

Reading the wastelands by Stephen King. Third book in the dark tower series and it just keeps getting better

Swiper the fox · 06-08-2013 08:20AM

midgetflynn wrote: »

I finished Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs this week. I started My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster today

Can't you at least tell us if you liked them, this thread is pointless if it's just a random list of books.

I started The Spinning wheel last night and am absolutely loving it, would have read it in one go but it was very late.

wantacookie · 06-08-2013 09:24AM

Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore

Addicted!

Monkeybonkers · 06-08-2013 11:07AM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Can't you at least tell us if you liked them, this thread is pointless if it's just a random list of books.

If you look at the title of this thread it doesn't mention anything about reviewing the books. Why don't you start a book review thread if that's what you want to see?
I think this thread is fine as it is. I don't want to have to read a review, be it short or long, of every book that users are reading. I just like to see what people are reading, not what they think of it.

emeraldstar · 06-08-2013 02:01PM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Can't you at least tell us if you liked them, this thread is pointless if it's just a random list of books.

I don't think it aims at being anything else - relax :pac:

emeraldstar · 06-08-2013 02:43PM

SarahBM wrote: »

Ok, I havent picked up the Count of MC in a few days. I wanted something light and short so I picked up an Eoin Colfer book sitting in the "To Read" pile. I have never read Artemis Fowel or any of his other books, but I am very much liking his style so far.

Likewise

(although that is mainly because I spilled a bottle of water all over my bag the other day so the book has been sitting open, ever so slowly drying out, since then). In the meantime, I've read The Hunger Games and am now well into Catching Fire. Surprisingly loving this series! Very addictive.

aliceayres · 06-08-2013 03:07PM

Stardust, as a continuation of my rather hit and miss Neil Gaiman odyssey.

midgetflynn · 06-08-2013 04:57PM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Can't you at least tell us if you liked them, this thread is pointless if it's just a random list of books.

I started The Spinning wheel last night and am absolutely loving it, would have read it in one go but it was very late.

Wow, how pointlessly rude. If you really wanted to know if I liked them or not, a simple 'hey, what did you think of them?' would have done, instead of that snippy sentence. I would have gladly replied back with an answer. Jeez, and I wonder why I don't bother to post much on here.

I enjoyed Life After Life. It's about Ursula Todd, someone who is constantly dying but being reborn in the same life, giving her a chance to change her future. They book has the same basic story over and over but with changes, so you can see how her life changed from a very simple decision.

The Guinea Pig Diaries has the author A.J. Jacobs trying something new each month in each different chapter, be it unitasking, radical honesty, doing everything his wife wants. I liked it, wasn't amazing but a short, interesting enough read.

Happy now?

a0ifee · 06-08-2013 05:00PM

update on at swim, two boys: the writing is excellent and the characters are interesting, but the history/setting is completely flying over my head..:o

Monkeybonkers · 06-08-2013 05:26PM

a0ifee wrote: »

update on at swim, two boys: the writing is excellent and the characters are interesting, but the history/setting is completely flying over my head..:o

I love the ghost thing in your sig

a0ifee · 06-08-2013 06:05PM

it's a quote from welcome to night vale - great podcast!

Gonzovision · 06-08-2013 08:54PM

I've finished Joyland by Stephen King, which I really enjoyed, apart from the ending to be honest. Next on the list is Imperium by Robert Harris, the forst of the Cicero books.

wantacookie · 07-08-2013 09:42AM

The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb - was recommended to me by a friend

I love Dragons

Honey-ec · 07-08-2013 11:01AM

Gonzovision wrote: »

I've finished Joyland by Stephen King, which I really enjoyed, apart from the ending to be honest.

I really enjoyed Joyland too, although more because of the characters and the "feel" of the book than for the actual plot, so I know exactly what you mean. It worked best as a guy's bittersweet memoir of a particular time of his life rather than as a ghost story. And, tbh, I think where that's where King is at his strongest; with character and tone. He definitely doesn't get enough credit for his writing, imo.

Anyway, back on-topic, I'm reading Bloodland by Alan Glynn. Just found it randomly down in the sitting room while on the hunt for something to read. He's a young Irish writer. Anyway, I started it at about 9pm last night and eventually forced myself to put it down, about halfway through, at 1am so I could get some sleep. Fast paced, rollicking crime caper that I'm dying to finish just so I can see where it ends up, because there are so many different story strings.

Glynn has two previous books published, and I'll probably seek them out once I finish this.

Hermy · 07-08-2013 04:10PM

About half way through A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry.
Horrible stuff but brilliantly written.

AnnyHallsal · 07-08-2013 04:17PM

Read The Slap and didn't like it at all. Thought The Old Devils and The Famished Road were ok.

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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